correlation

See also: corrélation

English

Correlation examples.

Etymology

From Middle French corrélation

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɔɹəˈleɪʃən/, /kɑɹəˈleɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒɹəˈleɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: cor‧re‧la‧tion

Noun

correlation (countable and uncountable, plural correlations)

1. A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects.
2. (statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.
3. (algebra) An isomorphism from a projective space to the dual of a projective space, often to the dual of itself.

Derived terms

• autocorrelation
• correlation coefficient
• Pearson correlation

Related terms

• correlate

Translations

a reciprocal, parallel, or complementary relationship

• Catalan: correlació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 相关性 (zh)

• Finnish: suhde (fi), vastaavuussuhde
• German: Korrelation (de) f, Assoziation (de) f
• Japanese: 相関 (ja) (sōkan)
• Manx: cocheintys m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korrelasjon m

  Nynorsk: korrelasjon m

• Portuguese: correlação (pt) f
• Russian: корреляция (ru) f (korreljacija)
• Spanish: correlación (es) f

measure of relationship

• Basque: korrelazio (eu)
• Bulgarian: съотношение (bg) n (sǎotnošenie), корелация f (korelacija)
• Catalan: correlació (ca) f
• Czech: korelace f
• Dutch: correlatie (nl) f
• Estonian: korrelatsioon
• Finnish: vastaavuussuhde, korrelaatio (fi), riippuvuussuhde
• French: corrélation (fr) f
• Georgian: კორელაცია (ḳorelacia)
• German: Korrelation (de) f

• Italian: correlazione (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ھاوپەیوەندی گۆڕاوەکان‎ (ku) (hawpeywendî gorrawekan), نێوانیەتی دووسەری‎ (ku) (nêwanyetî dûserî)

• Polish: korelacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: correlação (pt) f
• Romanian: corelație (ro) f
• Russian: корреля́ция (ru) f (korreljácija)
• Spanish: correlación (es)
• Swedish: korrelation (sv) c
• Tagalog: satugnay